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**Mike Irwin** · July 6, 2013, 08:06 AM

It's NOT the anti-tank rifle.

It's a semi-automatic rifle firing 7.92 Mauser ammunition (8x57), which was the standard Polish military round at the time.

It was by all accounts a rather good design, it was completely homegrown, and very few were manufactured before the German invasion. Fewer than a dozen are known, and the one in Polish hands isn't operational.

I can actually see why the Poles would be interested in having it back.

July 6, 2013, 08:06 AM	#18
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,390	It's NOT the anti-tank rifle. It's a semi-automatic rifle firing 7.92 Mauser ammunition (8x57), which was the standard Polish military round at the time. It was by all accounts a rather good design, it was completely homegrown, and very few were manufactured before the German invasion. Fewer than a dozen are known, and the one in Polish hands isn't operational. I can actually see why the Poles would be interested in having it back. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.